Crescent City
Crescent City proper noun: a harbor city in northern California, United States, and the county seat of Del Norte County.
Proper noun (1)
Crescent City
- A harbor city in northern California, United States, and the county seat of Del Norte County.
- A city in Putnam County, Florida, United States.
- A village in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.
Proper noun (2)
the Crescent City
- Nickname for New Orleans: a city in Louisiana, United States.
- The phrase was, and remains, a double-edged sword: a testament to the hard-working and hard-living citizens of the Crescent City and an indicator of the “ah, whatever” shrug hanging over its corrupt politics, its ramshackle infrastructure and its belief that partying trumps all.2015 August 12, Todd Leopold, “Return to the ‘City That Care Forgot’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2022
Origin of Crescent City
From the city's crescent-shaped development around the Mississippi River, originally in reference to the older neighborhoods of New Orleans. This imaginary crescent might arc, for example, from the Warehouse District upriver to the Bywater neighborhood downriver, with the French Quarter at its midsection.
Questions about Crescent City
- What does Crescent City mean?
- Crescent City means a harbor city in northern California, United States, and the county seat of Del Norte County.
- What part of speech is Crescent City?
- Crescent City is a proper noun.
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